Is This “Flapper Thingy” Necessary?
Yes, whether you call it a tab, strap, deflector or tab, preventing seed bounce is most definitely necessary and here is why: All John Deere
exapta
September 16, 2020
Exapta Solutions Newsletters
Ballin’ on a Budget: What to Replace on JD 50/60/90 Openers When Grain Prices Are Low
What are the most important items to repair and/or replace when the budget is tight? While Exapta has a multitude of solutions to completely rebuild and
exapta
August 31, 2020
Drill Blades: When to Replace and Why?
On JD and CIH P-500/NH P-2080/85 single disc drills (with 18″ blades), blades should be replaced at 17 3/8″ diameter or sooner. At Exapta, we
exapta
August 10, 2020
See for Yourself: Valion Versus OEM Seed Tube Guards
Our customer in Eastern Nebraska shared side-by-side comparisons of Valions and OEM guards on a John Deere XP 24-row and a Kinze 3000-series 16 row. The
exapta
April 8, 2020
Set-up Your Seeds for Success: The Great Keeton Debate
Laying to rest the negativity towards Seed Firmers Struggling to get good emergence with your planter in no-till? Inadequate seed firming is often the culprit.
exapta
April 3, 2020
Closing Wheels…Why Start at the Back?
Here at Exapta, we field lots of questions about closing wheels and whether they affect yields. It’s easy to start with the closing wheel when
exapta
March 4, 2020
How Do We Know?
‘Tis the season many of you are making equipment upgrades and repairs. You’ve no doubt noticed the vast array of planter and drill products—all clamoring
exapta
December 16, 2019
Reduce Overlap and Decrease Input Costs.
In today’s competitive and uncertain market, maximizing margins is vital to improving your profit potential. With so many factors affecting your yields, you can’t always
exapta
November 19, 2019
Plant with Assurance
Many have fall crops to harvest yet and some are still fighting the mud to wrap up fall seeding. We are facing one of the
exapta
November 12, 2019
STP ‘Saw-tooth’ Opener Blades
by Matt Hagny The Exapta crew has gotten quite a few questions from our customers as to Precision Tillage Tech’s STP/Sabre-Tooth opener blades, so we
Matt Hagny
June 25, 2019
Introducing Exapta’s Weight Brackets for JD 3-Section Air Drills
Many of you in North America are fighting mud and might find it difficult to contemplate needing more frame weight at the moment. But we’ve been
exapta
May 28, 2019
Frame Bolt Breakage on JD Air Drills
If you have a JD drill where the rear transport wheel frame is held together as shown in the photo, you probably are constantly replacing
exapta
May 22, 2019